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- | .ANEPfSODE. (REGRZTTABI4J. | + | =====An Episode. (Regrettable.)===== |
- | -Related by D. Helmrich as a warning of the misfortunes likely to overtf3ke.Bushwalkers who become too interested in :their work, | + | |
- | The Friday of Eight-hour Day week-end dawned clear and bright. Ticket in pocket (reserved seat), | + | Related by D. Helmrich as a warning of the misfortunes likely to overtake |
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+ | The Friday of Eight-hour Day week-end dawned clear and bright. Ticket in pocket (reserved seat), | ||
As the day wore on I came upon a tantalising, | As the day wore on I came upon a tantalising, | ||
- | Late in the afternoon with a rude shock came the. realization that I probably shouldn' | ||
- | tax40iR4426IM' | ||
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- | EVen-theh ' | ||
- | at the station the tsituation would not have been .qUii.Ae desperate. But no Twelve minutes to wait , Too | ||
- | -17 | ||
- | With a gasp and a prayer, casting caution to the winds, said.I to the taxi-driver, | ||
- | tho'" | ||
- | "Yes said the Office, you can have it in a few minutes" | ||
- | " | ||
- | " | ||
- | Crows Nest - trpffic police - North Sydney' | ||
- | Cursing all Regulations, | ||
- | " | ||
- | The magic worci, Baru was nowhera thQ. Ladi-co-tors; | ||
- | oted, r returned | + | Late in the afternoon with a rude shock came the realization that I probably shouldn' |
- | , | + | taxi called |
- | 3. | + | |
- | At the first. telephone | + | |
- | "What for?'' | + | |
- | .1 zi,ske4.,,,,:. ...'. . . | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | P --getpinched fol-specliiig.&& | + | |
- | . . _ . | + | |
- | you kricni. Tv' | + | |
- | "How much were te doing?-4" . | + | |
- | a "Over. 601, was the reply. Then.." | + | |
- | Tamworth, but when I came out of the A,ir Force my nerves were so 0,4 | + | |
- | that I'h-sd to come to Sydney. That'S why- I'm bore. I have shock | + | |
- | treatment every day......" | + | |
- | 1-.7T-07(AuTIT | + | |
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- | .kLy4 | + | |
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+ | Even then if the of a train had coincided with my arrival at the station the situation would not have been quite desperate. But no! Twelve minutes to wait. Too long... | ||
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+ | With a gasp and a prayer, casting caution to the winds, said I to the taxi-driver, | ||
- | " | + | "Yes said the Office, you can have it in a few minutes" |
- | 1. | + | |
- | -y , \-7r' | + | |
- | I | + | |
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- | .1. | + | |
- | " | + | "Please give me your name, address, age and religion", |
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+ | " | ||
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+ | Crows Nest - traffic police - North Sydney - traffic lights - Bridge - traffic police - toll - Bus ahead - Market Street - traffic lights... | ||
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+ | Cursing all Regulations, | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
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+ | The magic word Berry was nowhere on the Indicators; The train had gone... | ||
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+ | Dejected, I returned to teh car, and we proceeded at a leisurely pace towareds Chatswood. | ||
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+ | At the first telephone box the driver said, " | ||
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+ | "What for?" I asked. | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
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+ | "How much were we doing?" | ||
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+ | "Over 60," was the reply. Then... "You know, I had a garage at Tamworth, but when I came out of the Air Force my nerves were so bad that I had to come to Sydney. That's why I'm here. I have shock treatment every day..." | ||
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+ | =====Sole-Searing.===== | ||
- | WHEN t Allv5 | ||
- | AVARDWoop Aft4 | ||
- | 4: | ||
- | Sole-Searing, | ||
by " | by " | ||
- | ., | ||
- | Take a train for the Gangerangs, slide down Suicide Cr., walk (?) through Canyon, and pass over Solitary on the way home. Are | ||
- | you tirc of life? Do your kidneys trouble-you? | ||
- | Do I sound rather keen on Ti-Willa Canyon? Until last yecr it was just a n5me on the map to me, and not particularly attractive at that. Last year it became The Name on the m5p for me, for I christened Suicide Creek with a spectaculor jump over_a cliff: | ||
- | This year I revisited the scene of the crime. Having passed Ci-entle' | ||
- | swampy beginning, and Adght have watel" | ||
- | . e 4afax_tb,, of LA.93r ek. | ||
- | If you're wise, this is where you camp, oven without water. We h1 tea on two tins Of spaghetti heated in the ashes. Add 7 tin opener | ||
- | (to get the spagaetti out - am I not obvious) and you have a-ready made atom gun. | ||
- | Next morni pg, if you woke up, you follow down Suicide Ck. ' | ||
- | At this point the lunatic is well advised to take the ridge on his or her right h-,Ind -nd follow it down. Care must be taken tht the ridge dows not follow you ,down In tais wild land where the hand of -atah hs never set foot, olh hardly ever, the fpot of the w9llaby gives cs. helping hand. On the way you Olutch tufts of gr,asa, loose | ||
- | rocks, trickly bushes, nd further down near the end yoi cf,'n hardly resist temptation to take to the vines. (Not of the grape, but even th-t applies). | ||
- | You're down. Or are you? If you haven' | ||
- | If you're lucky, there will be only a series of pools hero and | ||
- | there, water flowing between them Under thegroxindiu, | ||
- | ing up the bed of th,a stra9m, the gives way to smooth | ||
- | rock, the water flowing along a self-made channel. At these places you're apt to sit down, | ||
- | About every five minutes you change direction with the stream. | ||
- | Eagerly you anticip?to something new around the next corner, and after | ||
- | 0 | ||
- | you'v stopped Inticipating what dcosn' | ||
- | come to long shale slippery dip. You don't lic've to go as Tar on this side -Is on the other, :Ind there are no tempting vines. | ||
- | I mieht m?..ke mantich here of t,ha. only fly in the Rexona. These are nettles, and on these little hillside expeditions to get round things, all portions-of one's anatomy are equally fs likely to suffer. And suffer one does. | ||
- | For all the hard vvork so for you hlve the banifits of almost tame wild life,_ Rosa Robins will flutter around you, and lyre birds are forever dashing off in a panic before your irresistible progress (thRt'' | ||
- | Having mode the croak once more you keep on wnlkirig till you come to Mary Foils. These are not such a surprise, but are deeper and more spectqculF7r, | ||
- | Uhan you've agin re-pchod the creek you b.:Ive only to walk until you reach the Ko1..,ugg. By this time you've got completely used to walking over round stones and are skinning along at a steady four miles on hour, dodging over falling trees, ,nd wetting your feet in the interests of progress if you're not fussy. It saves a lot of hill climbing, There are however tricky and slippery places which c-pn mean an involuntary b'ith for the unwary. | ||
- | Further down the creek widens out, and here ' | ||
- | . are grassy banks - and nettles - and traces of the bovine breed. The river okes grow tall and straight, and Sunlight roaches down unhamp..)red by warmth hungry branches. On and on you go, bond after bond - has tho. areek no ending. | ||
- | And right whore you think there' | ||
- | And if it iSn't yet dusk-i*doptt we' | ||
- | For the Gossaa. | ||
- | The social round ,on. Labour Day. | ||
- | Barren Lands & Beyond. | ||
- | Nose to the ground, eyes peering hither end thither, notebook appearing and disappearing in flourishes grandiose,' | ||
- | When first i looked, Edna Gurrr,Id Was there. Agi.O. I cPst my eyes around ---7.nd she vDs gone: Did the Barren Lands mists swallow hr up? Or w.,,s she cons-ci6iis of my furtive entries in the notebook? | ||
- | Subterfuge was rife. Norm.), Borden, with enough food for three (and Bob Younger-cF.irryinE- it - ' | ||
- | The Leydon -..CosEro, | ||
- | At Centrr.1, Dennis Gittoes missed the trr lin, thoma raced it tc Berry' No, this isn't fliploy' | ||
- | ,, | ||
- | We thought o hTd.' U.S. Army: | ||
- | ono for large fires, sm-II" | ||
- | the fire out, ho sucks instef' | ||
- | At Yoo12, folloed-the trend of the times, sporting a ten-mm | ||
- | tent, with pck I1flXQ coMplete. Is it rot nm7zing how the tort is put | ||
- | awv in the fick thP' P7-ck putt=11/ | ||
- | Phil H7.11 struck geologic f-z me over night, un6. rthing the best fossils Yeoln h,9.s yet produced. " | ||
- | better ones in * uhl" We hope lp maitit | + | Take a train for the Gangerangs, slide down Suicide Cr., walk (?) through Ti-Willa Canyon, and pass over Solitary on the way home. Are you tired of life? Do your kidneys trouble you? Are you spotless - outside (remember Inner Cleanliness comes First)? Kill care on Suicide Creek! Go Ti-Willaising! |
- | dole; | + | |
- | Walgon River Walkribout-- | + | Do I sound rather keen on Ti-Willa Canyon? Until last year it was just a name on the map to me, and not particularly attractive at that. Last year it became The Name on the map for me, for I christened Suicide Creek with a spectaculor jump over a cliff. |
- | You ilave herd Rolcy on wompn;: | + | |
- | In tht impromptu spirit so mnifest 5, | + | This year I revisited the scene of the crime. Having passed Gentle' |
- | N7w this, my do9rs, pretty-pickie -- for h-.1f of the food W9S | + | |
- | up and could n-t get hdown, whilst tiae othar hnlf w:. nnd could | + | If you're wise, this is where you camp, even without water. We had tea on two tins Of spaghetti heated in the ashes. Add a tin opener (to get the spagaetti out - am I not obvious) and you have a ready made atom gun. |
- | not get up. Have yru ever f-lcod th.) pros2ect | + | |
- | STORK DERBY. | + | Next morning, if you wake up, you follow down Suicide Ck. Naturally you meet a cliff. This can be negotiated on one side. Which brings you to another cliff. Here I took the shortest way down the first time, but that's another story. |
- | Yes, as forecast,- the storlt | + | |
- | The Ron Bakers, too) -are ,gurgling | + | At this point the lunatic is well advised to take the ridge on his or her right hand and follow it down. Care must be taken that the ridge does not follow you down. In this wild land where the hand of man has never set foot, or hardly ever, the foot of the wallaby gives a helping hand. On the way you clutch madly at tufts of graas, loose rocks, prickly bushes, and further down near the end you can hardly resist temptation to take to the vines. (Not of the grape, but even that applies). |
- | _ | + | |
- | The Yearl s hard luck StorY comes from the2 poor unTortunate 6.t | + | You're down. Or are you? If you haven' |
- | 6arqtawarra | + | |
- | Irving Calnan has disappeared from the Club. Gone to Lismore. Did he _read the Kweens14nd Spesh-ul -and develope a yearning for the North? | + | If you're lucky, there will be only a series of pools here and there, water flowing between them under the ground, water-worn rocks making up the bed of the stream. Here and there this gives way to smooth rock, the water flowing along a self-made channel. At these places you're apt to sit down suddenly. Gee, octopi are lucky suckers. |
- | The " | + | |
- | "THE SYDNEY B1J5HWALKER" | + | About every five minutes you change direction with the stream. Eagerly you anticipate something new around the next corner, and after you've stopped anticipating what doesn' |
- | Next monthtl. | + | |
+ | I might make mention here of the only fly in the Rexona. These are nettles, and on these little hillside expeditions to get round things, all portions of one's anatomy are equally as likely to suffer. And suffer one does. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For all the hard work so far you have the banifits of almost tame wild life, Rose Robins will flutter around you, and lyre birds are forever dashing off in a panic before your irresistible progress (that' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Having mode the creek once more you keep on walking till you come to Mary Falls. These are not such a surprise, but are deeper and more spectacular, | ||
+ | |||
+ | When you've again reached the creek you have only to walk until you reach the Kowmung. By this time you've got completely used to walking over round stones and are skinning along at a steady four miles an hour, dodging over falling trees, and wetting your feet in the interests of progress if you're not fussy. It saves a lot of hill climbing. There are however tricky and slippery places which can mean an involuntary bath for the unwary. | ||
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+ | Further down the creek widens out, and here and there at the bends are grassy banks - and nettles - and traces of the bovine breed. The river okes grow tall and straight, and sunlight reaches down unhampered by warmth hungry branches. On and on you go, bend after bend - has the creek no ending. | ||
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+ | And right where you think there' | ||
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+ | And if it isn't yet dusk, don't worry. Have tea, bed down quickly, and sweet dreams to you. For tomorrow and tomorrow you have to struggle with the Cox and Solitary before you can settle down to a good meal in Katoomba. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====For the Gossips.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The social round on Labour Day. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Barren Lands & Beyond.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Nose to the ground, eyes peering hither end thither, notebook appearing and disappearing in flourishes grandiose, the Official Reporter was on the Official Walk. (Alarming, what?) | ||
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+ | When first I looked, Edna Garrrard was there. Again I cast my eyes around - and she was gone! Did the Barren Lands mists swallow her up? Or was she conscious of my furtive entries in the notebook? | ||
+ | |||
+ | Subterfuge was rife. Norma Barden, with enough food for three (and Bob Younger carrying it - Labour Day, alright) did her best to whiten Alex Colloy' | ||
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+ | The Leydon-Cosgrove controversies confounded the critics. Bushwalkers were lousey; Berry beer as lousey; Kosciusko weather was lousy. But all agreed that when the depression comes, it will be grand to go walking permanently with occassional ports of call to collect the dole! | ||
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+ | At Central, Dennis Gittoes missed the train, then raced it to Berry! No, this isn't Ripley' | ||
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+ | We thought we had a U.S. Army Construction Battalion, but someone murmured, " | ||
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+ | At Yoola, followed the trend of the times, sporting a ten-man tent, with pack annexe complete. Is it not amazing how the tent is put away in the pack all day, and the pack put away in the tent all night? | ||
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+ | Phil Hall struck geologic fame over night, unearthing the best fossils Yeola has yet produced. " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Walgon River Walkabout-===== | ||
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+ | You have heard Roley on women of course? "Two men to every woman, lads, etc., etc." | ||
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+ | In that impromptu spirit so manifest among the walkers, they wandered | ||
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+ | =====Stork Derby.===== | ||
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+ | Yes, as forecast, the stork has been working as hard as usual. The Paul Barnses | ||
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+ | The Ron Bakers, too, are gurgling | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
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+ | The Year's hard luck story comes from the poor unfortunate at Garrawarra | ||
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+ | Irving Calnan has disappeared from the Club. Gone to Lismore. Did he read the Kweensland Speshul | ||
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+ | The " | ||
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+ | ====The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
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+ | Next month!! | ||
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PORTHOS AND ' | PORTHOS AND ' | ||
By " | By " |
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